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Condolences to the killed and wounded soldiers here at ft. hood. from an incident this afternoon at approximately 1600, or 4:00 p.m. today, a soldier assigned to 13th sustainment command expeditionary fired shots at individuals within the unit areas here. within the first medical brigade area and the 49th transportation battalion area. the post immediately went into lockdown. we have now lifted the lockdown as of 30 or 45 minutes ago. within 15 minutes, first responders from the military police and the emergency services responded to the scene, engaged the shooter and the shooter is dead from ...

>> it's under investigation. the exact sequence and time line of events are not clear. it is believed he walked into one of the unit buildings, opened fire, got into a being have, fired from a vehicle, got out of the vehicle, walked into another building, fired again. and then was engaged by local -- >> i'm sorry? [ inaudible question ] did he begin this thing with an argument? we heard that there was an argument in the wtu, and that is how this started and that he also was using semi- automatic handgun of some kind. >> he was using a 45 caliber smith and wesson semi- automatic pistol that was...

To when it's time to go ahead and ask your question. commander of the third corps, lieutenant general mark a. millie. >> good evening. i would like to start off with condolences to the killed and wounded soldiers here at ft. hood. from an incident this afternoon at approximately 1600, or 4:00 p.m. today, a soldier assigned to 13th command expeditionary fired shots at individuals within the unit areas here. within the first medical brigade area and the 49th transportation battalion area. the post immediately went into lockdown. we have now lifted the lockdown as of 30 or 45 minutes ago. within ...

There were initial reports there may have been an argument in one of the unit areas but don't have any indication of an argument at wtu. he had not been assigned here to the wtu. > [ inaudible ] >> that, we don't know. he recently arrived in ft. hood in february from another installation. and we're checking with another installation to determine the background of the soldier. we are digging deep into his background. any criminal history, psychiatric history, his experiences in combat. all of the things you were expecting to be done are being done right now. i'll come back to you. hang on for j...

Corps, lieutenant general mark a. milley. >> good evening. i'd like to start off first with condolences to the killed and wounded soldiers here at ft. hood, from an incident this afternoon, approximately 1600, 4:00 p.m. today, a soldier assigned to 13th command expeditionary, fired shots at individuals within the unit areas here, within the first medical brigade area and the 49th transportation battalion area. immediately went into lockdown. we've now lifted the lockdown as of 35 or 40 minutes ago. within 15 minutes, first responders from the military police and the emergency services responde...